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#E4879E

#e4879e ≈ Flamingo Pink

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e4879e is a color from the red family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.41% red, 52.94% green and 61.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 40.79% magenta, 30.7% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 345.16°, with 63.27% saturation and 71.18% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with energy, passion and urgency. Designers typically use it for food and restaurant brands, sales and promotions and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Flamingo Pink (#fc8eac), ΔE 4.44.

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Relative luminance0.3629

Complementary

  1. #e4879e
  2. #87e4cd

Split complementary

  1. #e4879e
  2. #87e49f
  3. #87cde4

Analogous

  1. #e487cd
  2. #e4879e
  3. #e49f87

Triadic

  1. #e4879e
  2. #9ee487
  3. #879ee4

Tetradic

  1. #e4879e
  2. #e4cd87
  3. #87e4cd
  4. #879ee4

Square

  1. #e4879e
  2. #cde487
  3. #87e4cd
  4. #9f87e4

Monochromatic

  1. #ab2747
  2. #d6496c
  3. #e4879e
  4. #f2c5d0
  5. #fbeef2

Shades

#e4879e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4879e
  2. #cd7a8e
  3. #b66c7e
  4. #a05f6f
  5. #89515f
  6. #72444f
  7. #5b363f
  8. #44292f
  9. #2e1b20
  10. #170e10
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4879e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4879e
  2. #e793a8
  3. #e99fb1
  4. #ecabbb
  5. #efb7c5
  6. #f2c3cf
  7. #f4cfd8
  8. #f7dbe2
  9. #fae7ec
  10. #fcf3f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4879e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4879e
  2. #da869b
  3. #d08698
  4. #c68595
  5. #bc8492
  6. #b2848f
  7. #a8838c
  8. #9e8289
  9. #948186
  10. #8a8183
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c098a1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #96989f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ada99c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f3808f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ba919e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c59c9d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ed8395 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4879e {
  color: #e4879e;
}
Background
.bg-e4879e {
  background-color: #e4879e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4879e {
  border: 2px solid #e4879e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4879e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 135 158;
  --color-primary-hsl: 345 63% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4879e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4879e, #e49f87);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4879e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 135 158 / 0.35);
}

#fc8eac Flamingo Pink ΔE 4.44 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 4.67 #ff91a4 Salmon Pink ΔE 5.44 #db7093 Pale Violet Red ΔE 5.99 #de6fa1 Thulian Pink ΔE 7.78 #f77fbe Persian Pink ΔE 8.87 #f08080 Light Coral ΔE 9.17 #1b7861 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Flamingo Pink
#e4879e  rgb(228, 135, 158)  hsl(345, 63%, 71%)  Flamingo Pink
#87e4cd  rgb(135, 228, 205)  hsl(165, 63%, 71%)  Magic Mint
#9ee487  rgb(158, 228, 135)  hsl(105, 63%, 71%)  Light Green
#879ee4  rgb(135, 158, 228)  hsl(225, 63%, 71%)  Cornflower Blue